Despites pledges of transparency, the Biden administration is currently not allowing the media to see or report on the facilities in which migrants from Central America and other areas are being kept—but Project Veritas and its founder, James O’Keefe, have managed to release revealing images of some of the facilities.
“Many of those who arrive at the border have traveled north at what they feel is the direct invitation of the Biden administration,” The Post Millennial reported.
When O’Keefe “tried to access the immigration facility at Donna, Texas, from the ground … he was shooed away,” the outlet also noted. “[So] he took to the air to get a view from above. While he could not shoot inside the facility, he obtained photos that he showed along with footage of the exterior.”
Related: Compassion Urged for Unaccompanied Children at Border
To put it mildly, it’s not a pretty picture—and there is little or no “social distancing” going on there, something the newly elected president has insisted everyday Americans must continue to practice at a time of COVID.
Desperate young people can be seen sleeping on floors wrapped in foil blankets—and in very close quarters.
James O’Keefe of Project Veritas released photographs Monday from inside a border facility in Texas where migrant children are being held — and taunted the White House as he did so, for denying the media access to such facilities for weeks. https://t.co/goXgJJp8M4
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) March 22, 2021
BREAKING UPDATE– James O'Keefe and Project Veritas Release MORE PHOTOS of Kids in Cages at Biden Holding Facilities – 50 with Coronavirus (VIDEO) https://t.co/Pq5pRblDqt via @gatewaypundit
— Bo Snerdley (@BoSnerdley) March 22, 2021
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) also provided photos of the awful living conditions that currently exist for illegal-immigrant children at a temporary shelter in Texas.
“Replacing the chain-link ‘cages’ used to house young illegal immigrants under the Obama and Trump administrations are clear plastic sheets,” as The New York Post put it.
Biden, during the presidential campaign, had said that all people who seek a home in the United States should come here—that individuals should “immediately surge to the border” and be welcomed in America. Many of those people took him quite literally.
Flashback:
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 17, 2021
In the first Democratic primary debate, Biden says when he’s president, illegal immigrants should “immediately surge to the border” pic.twitter.com/Fq1vCNEN75
However, in contrast to those earlier remarks, Biden is today saying that immigrants should not come to the United States right now, as the country is not prepared to handle the processing of so many people at once.
The Associated Press, in reporting on the growing Biden border crisis, is noting in part that administration officials “are scrambling” to care for the thousands of migrants who are today in federal custody.
Related: Border Disorder: Up to 50 Percent of Illegal Immigrants May Have COVID
Facing criticism of numerous aspects of the issue, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday blamed the current media blackout on a “need to maintain social distance” amid the COVID pandemic, as Fox News reported of host Chris Wallace’s Sunday interview with Mayorkas.
Further, in a new interview with Newsmax, former President Donald Trump called Mayorkas “incompetent” and warned that the Biden administration eventually will find itself overwhelmed by the border surge of illegal immigrants.
“He’s incompetent and just mark my words, take a look at what’s going to happen over the next fairly long period of time because they might not be capable of stopping it,” Trump said.
See these tweets for more information and reaction.
Biden was asked what his plans are to solve the border crisis
— Jewish Deplorable (@TrumpJew2) March 22, 2021
He says he wants to “reestablish what existed before, where you can stay in place and make your case in your home country”
In other words, Trump’s Remain In Mexico policy that he terminated
pic.twitter.com/fZY5TEWb4V
Brazilian migrant says he crossed border because Biden is president: 'Definitely' would not come to US under Trump https://t.co/yElahxJeYp
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) March 23, 2021
Trump calls DHS boss Mayorkas 'incompetent' over border crisis https://t.co/SkFJyPeDT7 pic.twitter.com/T49HGar5LY
— New York Post (@nypost) March 23, 2021
Fox News’ Chris Wallace calls out DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for Biden’s media blackout on the border crisishttps://t.co/ddP6LzmV8l pic.twitter.com/QgGYlzYCJt
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 21, 2021
WATCH: Secretary of DHS, Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday said "the border is secure, the border is closed," despite the migrant surge – @kayleighmcenany reacts. PLUS her response to the Biden admin for blaming the border crisis on Trump's policies #AmericaReports pic.twitter.com/eLSPreIfSM
— America Reports (@AmericaRpts) March 22, 2021
.@DanCrenshawTX & @mehdirhasan debated whether a crisis exists on the southern border:
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) March 23, 2021
"Are you confused?" Crenshaw asked Hasan.
Crenshaw defended the effectiveness of Trump's border policies, including the "remain in Mexico" policy.https://t.co/DcIvGTQWoS
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